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Re: ISU All Time Dream Team

Originally Posted by buf87

Wasn't Tim Kreiger at 150? 116-3-2 and 2 national titles

Thanks. I was trying to remember his name. I remember watching him wrestle in high school. He was an animal... just destroyed kids. Didn't follow his college career much but he definitely deserves a spot on this list.

Tim Kreiger was a three-time state champion at Mason City High School who became a four-time All-American at Iowa State University. He claimed two NCAA titles, in 1987 and ’89, and won four Big Eight championships at 150 pounds. He was also second in 1988 and fifth in 1986 at the NCAA tournament. His overall record of 116-3-2 is one of the best in the history of Iowa colleges. He lives in Minneapolis, where he works in the financial industry.

Re: ISU All Time Dream Team

What about Frank Santana? Around 190 I think. It was cool when the announcer called him to the mat.

Frank Santana established himself as one of Iowa State’s best upper-weight wrestlers in school history, earning All-America honors and competing in the 190-pound national championship match three times. A native of Skokie, Ill., Santana compiled an 84-9 record and won two Big Eight titles (1976 & 1977) and one NCAA championship (1977). Santana was the lone NCAA titlist on ISU’s 1977 NCAA championship team.Highlights:
- Three-time All-American at 190 pounds (1976, 1977, 1978)
- NCAA champion at 190 pounds in 1977, defeating Minnesota’s Evan Johnson, 12-7 in the title match
- Was the runner-up national champion in 1976 and 1978, suffering knee injuries in both tournaments which hampered his performance
- Two-time Big Eight champion at 190 pounds (1976 & 1977)
- Wrestled in the 1978 East-West All-Star meet
- Compiled an overall 84-9 record
- ISU finished second, first and second as a team in his last three seasons

Re: ISU All Time Dream Team

Or Ron Gray?

When listing the best wrestlers to wear the Cardinal and Gold robe, Ron Gray’s name will rise to the top. Gray was one of Iowa State legendary head coach Harold Nichols’ first stars on the mat, winning two individual NCAA titles, earning All-America honors three times and capturing three Big Eight crowns in his three seasons (1957-59) in Ames.

A native of Eagle Grove, Iowa, Gray was one of the most sought after high school recruits in the nation when he finished his prep career at Eagle Grove High School. Gray won three state titles (1952, 1953, 1955), owning the distinction as the first freshman Iowa state champion in 1952. Nichols, who started his outstanding wrestling coaching career at ISU in 1954 and was still in his early years with the Cyclones, lured Gray to Ames as one of his top recruits.

Gray sat out his first season because of the NCAA freshman ineligibility rule and found his way into the Cyclone lineup as a sophomore in 1957. Gray won every match that year, including a Big Eight title, until the NCAA Championship title bout at 147 pounds against Iowa’s Simon Roberts. Gray lost to Roberts in an overtime period to finish second at 147 pounds, which would be one of just two personal setbacks in his Cyclone career. Ironically, Roberts, who prepped at Davenport High School, defeated Gray in the 1954 state finals when he was a junior, preventing Gray from becoming the first four-time Iowa state champion and first three-time NCAA champion.

Re: ISU All Time Dream Team

Joe Gibbons was OK too:

Joe Gibbons’ talent was so overt that Nichols started him as a true freshman. The 1981-82 Cyclones are arguably the best Iowa State wrestling team not to win a national team championship. The Cyclones would have eight All-Americans in 1982 with Kevin Darkus (2nd, 118), Jim Gibbons (4th, 134), Randy Conrad (6th, 142), Nate Carr (1st, 150), Perry Hummel (4th, 177), Mike Mann (2nd, 190) and Wayne Cole (2nd, HWT). The supercharged lineup left little room for Gibbons, who cut weight to wrestle at 126-pounds.

Re: ISU All Time Dream Team

Originally Posted by mmiille

Joe Gibbons was OK too:

Joe Gibbons’ talent was so overt that Nichols started him as a true freshman. The 1981-82 Cyclones are arguably the best Iowa State wrestling team not to win a national team championship. The Cyclones would have eight All-Americans in 1982 with Kevin Darkus (2nd, 118), Jim Gibbons (4th, 134), Randy Conrad (6th, 142), Nate Carr (1st, 150), Perry Hummel (4th, 177), Mike Mann (2nd, 190) and Wayne Cole (2nd, HWT). The supercharged lineup left little room for Gibbons, who cut weight to wrestle at 126-pounds.

Joe was national champ in 1985.

larry hayes at 147,virgil carr at 157, les anderson at 123,tom peckham at 177, ron meleney at 167, what was the name of the black kid that won a national championship that was on the same team as peckham??? vic marcucci was also a national champ in the late 60's or early 70's...keith johnstone...

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